If John Mayberry Jr. keeps this up, it’s going to make it harder and harder for Charlie Manuel and Ruben Amaro Jr. to dismiss him upon Delmon Young’s return, which is getting closer and closer. Mayberry, a former first-round draft...

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If John Mayberry Jr. keeps this up, it’s going to make it harder and harder for Charlie Manuel and Ruben Amaro Jr. to dismiss him upon Delmon Young’s return, which is getting closer and closer. Mayberry, a former first-round draft ...

OK, so the Phillies have fought their way back to .500 just in time for the All-Star Break. Now what? Several of my recommendations from earlier in the season have been adopted, with Darin Ruff now manning first base and ...

Even if the Phillies are losing, get ready to see Jonathan Papelbon take the mound. The closer hasn’t pitched since April 4, the last game in Atlanta. He wasn’t complaining and understands that getting into a game can be tricky ...

Pirates pitcher Jeff Lockewas foreign to most of the Phillies hitters. Not to Dom Brown, though. Brown had faced him in the minors several times and knew the lefty would be attacking the Phillies with fastballs. The knowledge, and experience, ...

As high as Charlie Manuel was on Darin Ruf last season and coming into spring training, it's hard to imagine him making the team if he keeps playing the way he has so far this spring. After a monstrous year ...

Ruben Amaro Jr. signed Delmon Youngwith the hopes that his bat would provide what the Phillies were missing last year. And so far this year, they’re missing the same things. Amaro said Young, on the disabled list recovering from microfracture ...

With the Phillies final game in Clearwater slated for 1:05 this afternoon against the Astros, here are my thoughts on the 25-man roster and Opening Day lineup. 25-MAN ROSTER -Ryan Howard -Jimmy Rollins -Placido Polanco -Carlos Ruiz -Ben Francisco -Shane ...

Sometimes, you just have to shake your head ... After days of public debate over who what move would be/should be made when Shane Victorino returned to the roster, the Phillies on Friday decided that John Mayberry Jr. would be shipped out to the IronPigs to ma

In a bit of a surprise move, the Phillies optioned outfielder John Mayberry Jr. to the IronPigs to make room for Shane Victorino, activated from the disabled list on Friday. Mayberry, who made the Opening Day roster for the first time in his career, was hittin

Phillies center fielder Shane Victorino was scheduled to play for the Double-A Reading Phillies in a rehab game this morning, but that plan was nixed. Instead, the club decided Victorino had gotten enough work in and he did not play ... .

The Phillies announced that Ross Gload, th team's best pinch hitter and one of the best in all of baseball, left the team Saturday and is on paternity leave. To fill his spot on the team's 25-man roster, John Mayberry ...

Ryne Sandberg expects his bullpen to remain short for a few more days at least. The Phillies sent Les Walrond from Lehigh Valley to Reading Tuesday after placing Josh Zeid on the R-Phils disabled list but didn't send a replacement to the IronPigs. Sandberg sai

Tonight is Domonic Brown Bobblehead Night at the IronPigs. Much as I admired Brown during his relatively brief stints with the Pigs, I don’t have a ticket and I won’t be attending. But it did suggest a subject that might ...

MOOSIC -- Vance Worley's return for one start and John Mayberry Jr.'s departure until the all-star break will leave IronPigs manager Ryan Sandberg with a short bench but a long bullpen for the final six six games before the all-star break. Worley is scheduled

The Phillies are giving the IronPigs a present this weekend. Vance Worley, who has been spectacular since going back up to the majors last month, will start for the IronPigs Saturday at Syracuse. Why? Because the Phillies have already decided that Cole Hamels

The Phillies today placed All-Star centerfielder Shane Victorino on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to July 4, with a ligament sprain in his right thumb, the team announced. To fill his spot on the 25-man roster, the Phillies recalled infielder ...

There are internet reports this morning that Joe Savery will be arriving from Reading -- primarily as a relief pitcher. This after Scott Mathieson was optioned back to the IronPigs following Sunday's game with Atlanta. It figures to be a busy seven weeks of co

It's pretty understandable why Ryan Howard is not starting today's game against the Padres. The Phillies cleanup hitter is 0-for-8 with eight strikeouts and one walk against starter Mat Latos. In his place, John Mayberry Jr. is getting the nod ... .

--Shane Victorino's suspension was reduced by Major League Baseball from three games to two games, and it begins tonight. --Ryan Howard has a "really slight sprain" in his right hand, GM Ruben Amaro Jr. said, and is not in tonight's ...

The Mets scored four unearned runs in the first that the Phillies never fully recovered from in their 7-4 loss at Citizens Bank Park on Wednesday. The Phils (83-45) had the tying run at plate in the eighth and ninth ...